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Filippo Gambarota
PhD Student - University of Padova
I’m a Psychologist and PhD student in Psychological Sciences at the University of Padova, supervised by Prof. Paola Sessa. My research interests are unconscious processing and the relationship between working memory and consciousness. I am also interested in methodology and statistics, in particular meta-analysis. Outside academia, I am a speaker coordinator for TEDx Padova and I am constantly learning how to code in different languages.
Education
PhD in Experimental Psychology
University of Padova, Italy
N/A
2019 - ongoing
Project: The relationship between visual working memory and consciousness. Supervisor: Professor Paola Sessa, Co-supervisor: Professor Massimiliano Pastore
Visiting PhD student (6 months)
University of Tel-Aviv, Israel
N/A
2021
Research project about the relationship between Working Memory and Consciousness Supervisor: Professor Roy Luria
Licensed Psychologist (Esame di Stato)
University of Padova, Italy
N/A
2020
Internship (1 year)
Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization - University of Padova
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2018 - 2019
Research project about visual consciousness and sensorimotor simulation Research project about social cognition during pregnancy Supervision of internship students in EEG laboratory
M.S. in Clinical Developmental Psychology - 110 cum laude
University of Padova, Italy
N/A
2018
Thesis: Visual Working Memory representations of infant faces during pregnancy as an adaptive mechanism. An EEG study. Supervisor: Professor Paola Sessa
Internship (400 hrs.)
Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization - University of Padova
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2018
Research project about social cognition during pregnancy with EEG data collection
B.S. in Psychology - 110 cum laude
University of Padova, Italy
N/A
2016
Thesis: Psychosocial well-being of adolescents with oncoemathological disease. Supervisor: Professor Ughetta Moscardino
Internship (250 hrs.)
Hospital of Padova - Pediatrics Oncology
N/A
2016
Educational activities with in-patients children and their families Research about the psychosocial well-being of in-patients adolescents Discussing about clinical cases in regular supervisions
Teaching
Psychological Testing (14 hrs.)
University of Padova
N/A
2022 - ongoing
Lectures about R programming and data analysis in Psychology as part of the main course “Psychological Testing” by Professor Gianmarco Altoè
Data analysis in Psychology (20 hrs.)
University of Padova
N/A
2022
Lectures about R programming and data analysis in Psychology as part of the main course by Professor Massimiliano Pastore
Introduction to R programming (20 hrs.)
University of Padova
N/A
2021
I held an intensive course about programming in R. The course is part of the ARCA courses from the University of Padova - Materials
Neural Correlates of Consciousness (2 hrs.)
University of Padova
N/A
2020 - ongoing
I have guest lectured a yearly two hours lesson during the “Mechanism of Consciousness” course by Professor Roberto Dell’Acqua - Materials
Introduction to Visual Consciousness (2 hrs.)
University of Padova
N/A
2021
I have guest lectured a two hours lesson during the “General Psychology” course by Professor Roberto Dell’Acqua - Materials
EEG laboratory training
University of Padova
N/A
2017 - 2019
I supervised and coordinated the EEG training of master students for Professor Paola Sessa research projects
Co-supervisor of Bachelor and Master dissertations
University of Padova
N/A
2020 - ongoing
Training
Bayesian Regression Modeling with BRMS (5 days)
Potsdam University
N/A
2020
Summer School in Bayesian Statistics for Cognitive Psychology
Meta-Analysis with Metafor (3 days)
Maastricht University
N/A
2021
Intensive course about meta-analysis with the metafor package held by Professor Wolfgang Viechtbauer
Papers
Unconscious Visual Working Memory: A critical review and Bayesian meta-analysis
Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104618
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2022
Gambarota, Tsuchiya, Pastore, Di Polito, Sessa
Does your past define you? The role of previous visual experience in subjective reactions to new affective pictures and sounds
Emotion DOI: 10.1037/emo0001168
N/A
2022
Del Popolo Cristaldi, Gambarota, Oosterwijk
Mapping the perception-space of facial expressions in the era of face masks
Front. Psychol. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.956832
N/A
2022
Verroca, de Rienzo, Gambarota, Sessa
Blocking facial mimicry during binocular rivalry modulates visual awareness of faces with a neutral expression
Sci. Rep. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89355-5
N/A
2021
Quettier, Gambarota, Tsuchiya, Sessa
Preprints
The role of implicit learning and cue ambiguity on the subjective experience of affective predictions: a follow-up behavioral investigation
PsyArXiv DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/y7bxn
N/A
2021
Del Popolo Cristaldi, Buodo, Gambarota, Oosterwijk, Mento
Deficits of visual working memory representations of emotional facial expressions in patients with congenital facial palsy
PsyArXiv DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/nxe8z
N/A
2020
Gambarota, Luria, Pastore, De Stefani, Ferrari, Sessa
Conferences
Conscious and unconscious information processing in visual working memory
Italian Psychological Association (AIP) [Talk] - Materials
Padova, Italy
2022
Gambarota [presenter], Luria and Sessa
Cross-modality effects in affective prediction construction: the role of past visual experience in subjective reactions to new affective pictures and sounds
Annual Conference of the European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN) [Poster]
Virtual
2022
del Popolo Cristaldi, Gambarota and Oosterwijk
The role of past visual experience in subjective reactions to new affective pictures and sounds
Annual Conference of the Society for Affective Science (SAS) [Talk]
Virtual
2022
del Popolo Cristaldi, Gambarota and Oosterwijk
The role of past experience in subjective ratings to affective predictions: cross-modality effects
Cognitive Science Arena (CSA) [Talk]
Bressanone, Italy
2022
del Popolo Cristaldi, Gambarota and Oosterwijk
Meta-analysis in Consciousness Research
Conscious Brain Concepts Workshop - University of Oslo [Talk]
Virtual
2021
Gambarota [presenter], Tsuchiya, Pastore, Di Polito and Sessa
trackdown - Collaborative writing through literate programming in R
Towards Advanced Scientific Knowledge (TASK4) [Talk] - Materials
Virtual
2021
Gambarota [presenter], Zandonella Callegher, Linkersdörfer, Ling and Kothe
trackdown - An R package for collaborative writing and editing
Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) [Poster] - Video, Materials
Virtual
2021
Gambarota [presenter], Zandonella Callegher, Linkersdörfer, Ling and Kothe
trackdown - A simple framework for collaboration in a literate programming workflow
useR [Poster] - Video, Materials
Virtual
2021
Gambarota [presenter], Zandonella Callegher, Linkersdörfer, Ling and Kothe
The role of previous probabilistic learning on the subjective affective experience
Italian Psychological Association (AIP) [Talk]
Lecce, Italy
2021
del Popolo Cristaldi, Gambarota and Oosterwijk
Visual Working Memory Precision for Emotional Faces in Moebius Patients
Cognitive Science Arena [Poster]
Bressanone, Italy
2020
Gambarota [presenter], Pastore, Luria, Ferrari and Sessa
Look at others’ smile: Sensorimotor modulation of visual awareness
Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience (SIPF) [Poster]
Ferrara, Italy
2019
Quettier, Gambarota and Sessa
Other Academic Experiences
Italian Association of Psychology (AIP)
University of Padova
N/A
2022
I was part of the organizing committee of the XXX edition of the Italian Association of Psychology (AIP) conference
MRInference Winter School
University of Padova
N/A
2021
I was part of the organizing committee of the “MRInference: from data to knowledge” winter school organized by the University of Padova
Volunteering
Speaker Coordinator
Padova, Italy
2018 - Present
- Organizing the TEDx event
- Following and supporting the speakers for the talk preparation